Irina Bokova : Ask Biography

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Birth date

12 July 1952(age 63)

Place of birth

Sofia, Bulgaria

Residence

Paris, France

Alma mater

Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Occupation

Director-General of UNESCO

Spouse

Lubomir Kolarov (divorced), Kalin Mitrev

Children

Paul and Naia

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Irina Georgieva Bokova ( ) (born 12 July 1952) is a Bulgarian politician, incumbent Directors-General of UNESCO. She was member of the Bulgarian Parliament from the Bulgarian Socialist Party for two terms, minister and deputy minister of foreign affairs in the socialist cabinet of Prime Minister Zhan Videnov, and was Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to France and to Monaco, Permanent Delegate of Bulgaria to UNESCO and Personal Representative of the President of Bulgaria to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (2005 � 2009). On 22 September 2009, Bokova's candidacy was proposed for the post of Director-General of UNESCO. On 15 October 2009, The 35th Session of the General Conference elected Irina Bokova of Bulgaria as the tenth Director-General of UNESCO. Bokova is the first female and Eastern European to head UNESCO.